The Rashtrakuta contributions to art and architecture are reflected in the splendid rock-cut cave temples at Ellora and Elephanta, areas also occupied by Jain monks, located in present day Maharashtra.
These medium-cut beauties have a splendid crust, soft interior and assertive seasoning.
President Sebastian Piñera, an outgoing 61-year-billionaire, has cut a splendid figure to his countrymen and millions of others round the world at the Mina San José: Chile had pulled off the greatest rescue since Noah's ark.
Benjamin Franklin Parkway provides a splendid vista as it cuts diagonally northwestward from Penn Square through the grid, encircling Logan Square and leading into Fairmount Park.
And the fare at those bases is splendid, ranging from Omaha-cut steaks to deep-dish pizza to a respectable chicken Kiev.
We want MOMA to behave itself as the combined Fort Knox and Vatican of modern art that it has been — and that, around the edges, it remains, with such recent offerings as a splendid show of Matisse cut-outs and a gamely argumentative survey of new painting.
The grimly efficient Judge Joseph Teresi presided, in a splendid old chamber with a cut-glass chandelier — but the trial had a second august presence as well.
Standout appetizers included a tangle of soft-shell crabs with splendid small morels and jewel-cut tomatoes; mussels suspended in thick sweet cream, perfumed with saffron; and cold briny lobster attended by tender pickled vegetables.
Podolski's experience as a winger would enable Wenger to play him in place of Gervinho or, perhaps, even try him as a wide player on the right, where he could cut in on to his splendid left foot.
Gen. Georges Boulanger cut a fine figure; he looked splendid in uniform, and magnificent on horseback.
